I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
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European Buildings built out of paper by Megan Brain.
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Hand craved foam puppet head by Phil Fletcher.
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Simpsons couch gag animated by John K.
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It's been awhile since we've checked in with Kasou Taishou, the awesome twice-annual Japanese game show/competition where people complete against each other by staging skits with outrageous props, costumes and puppets. Here's a look at some of the best skits from the latest installment of...
The latest edition of Kasou Taisho aired in Japan recently and as usual, there were a lot of interesting and innovative skits to be...
Who doesn't love Batman? Some fantastic work from Kasou...
Over the past few years America's Got Talent (as well as its British counterpart) have given some fantastic exposure to deserving puppetry acts like Gareth Oliver, The Gluvets and (most famously) Terry Fator. The latest puppetry act in the spotlight thanks to the "Got Talent" franchise is Fighting Gravity, a black light puppet and dance...
Kasou Taishou – a semi-annual competition with skits that frequently involve Bunraku-style puppetry- aired in Japan Wednesday night. The latest Kasou Taishou special aired in Japan tonight which, in Japan, is already yesterday (it’s like they live permanently in the future!). Here are some of the best entries: Update: Unfortunately the YouTube account that was...
Super Mario gets the Kasou Taisho treatment. OK, this is pretty awesome. I’m not entirely sure, but I assume this is from a recent Kasou Taishou (see previous...
A Bunraku aquarium is performed on Japan’s Kasou Taishou. Something that really seemed to really catch on in a big way on the web this past year was Kasou Taishou (see earlier post), a sort of semi-annual costume contest on Japanese TV that features amateur groups and solo artists performing short skits which frequently utilize...
The puppet-loving Scissor Sisters’ video for She’s My Man draws inspiration from Kasou Taishou. The Scissor Sisters are well-known for incorporating large-scale puppetry in to their act (see previous post), but I couldn’t help noticing that their music video for She’s My Man looks an awful lot like this video that I first saw last...
A boy makes friends with a stick figure in a sketch from the most recent Kasou Taishou competition in Japan. I’ve mentioned the Japanese TV show Kasou Taisho before (see previous post), a semi-annual competition on NTV in Japan that features amateur groups and solo artists performing short skits, often using Bunraku-style puppetry. I’ve spent...
A Bunraku aquarium is performed on Japan’s Kasou Taishou. That great Bunraku-style skeleton dance I linked to earlier this week is from Kasou Taisho, the same biannual Japanese TV show that the famous “Matrix Ping Pong” sketch originated on. I’ve only seen clips of Kasou Taisho, but as far as I can tell it’s built...
Morning Musume performs some cool-looking Bunraku-style puppetry on Japanese TV. Just watch, I think you'll like...
